Jon Shenk

Shenk directed The Island President (Goldwyn Films), winner of the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award and the International Documentary Association’s Pare Lorentz Award. His previous work includes serving as director of photography on the Oscar-winning Smile Pinki and winning an Emmy for Blame Somebody Else (PBS). Early in his career, Shenk won an Independent Spirit Award for directing Lost Boys of Sudan (Shadow Distribution/PBS). Before joining Actual Films, Jon worked as an in-house documentary filmmaker for Lucasfilm and is a graduate of Stanford’s Documentary Program. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Documentary Branch.